Joseph Edward Scherer

Forenames

Joseph Edward AWMM

Surname

Scherer AWMM

Also known as

Ted AWMM

Service number

14310 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 May 1918 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mangawhero Road, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr A.H. Scherer (father), 20 Springcombe Road, St Helliers, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

14310 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
25 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Joseph Scherer was the son of Albert Hugo Scherer and Elizabeth Pauline Scherer, of St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand.

Killed by falling building AWMM

Death

10 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. B. 16 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237807
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 422
• Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.